Speech Final Review

Question 1

Message

Answer 1

What you say

Question 2

Denotative meaning

Answer 2

Dictionary meaning of a word

Question 3

Connotative meaning

Answer 3

Emotional or personal response to a word

Question 4

External barriers

Answer 4

Situations in the environment that keep listeners from paying attention to the speaker

Question 5

Interpersonal communication

Answer 5

Type of communication in which people (usually 2) share meanings in order to build & maintain relationships

Question 6

Listener barriers

Answer 6

Personal attitudes or behaviors that interfere with listening

Question 7

Communication acts

Answer 7

Major reasons for communicating which include sharing info, discussing feelings, persuading, following social rituals, and using imagination

Question 8

Social rituals

Answer 8

Rules for interaction in a culture or society

Question 9

Self-concept

Answer 9

Ones picture of oneself formed from personal beliefs or attitudes

Question 10

Self-esteem

Answer 10

Ones opinion of oneself based on personal self-concept

Question 11

Empathy

Answer 11

Ability to put oneself in another person’s place to understand what that person is feeling

Question 12

Stereotype

Answer 12

People in a group treated as if they possess only the characteristics of that group

Question 13

Speech to inform

Answer 13

Speech in which the speakers purpose is to increase the knowledge of the listeners

Question 14

Speech to persuade

Answer 14

Speech in which the authors purpose is to convince the listeners to hold a certain belief or act in a certain way

Question 15

Plagiarism

Answer 15

Representing the words/ideas of others as your own

Question 16

Johari Window

Answer 16

A 4-part box diagram representing the awareness people have of themselves and others

Question 17

Glittering generality

Answer 17

Type of faulty reasoning involving vague statements that are not supported with specific information or linked to the main point

Question 18

Faulty reasoning

Answer 18

Incorrect or false reasoning

Question 19

Inductive reasoning

Answer 19

Using many specific pieces of information to reach a general conclusion

Question 20

Deductive reasoning

Answer 20

Using a general idea to reach conclusions about very specific instances

Question 21

Proposition

Answer 21

Statement of a problem, worded so there are clearly 2 sides of an argument

Question 22

Affirmative

Answer 22

In debate, the side that argues in favor of an issue or change

Question 23

Negative

Answer 23

In debate, the side that argues against an idea or change

Question 24

Proposition of fact

Answer 24

Statement that says something is good or. Ad, right or wrong, useful or useless

Question 25

Proposition of value

Answer 25

Statement that says something should or should not be done

Question 26

Dramatic speaker

Answer 26

Voice that is heard telling the story or poem during a reading. Often the dramatic speaker is one of the main characters in the literary material

Question 27

Oral history

Answer 27

Story that is passed down through generations without being written

Question 28

Oral interpretation

Answer 28

Reading literature aloud to communicate meaning to an audience